Faucet



(No Model.)

D. 'A. BRISLIN.

FAUGET.

Patented Oct. 9, 1883.

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DAVID A. BRISLIX, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,256, dated October 9, 1883. Application filed May 5 71883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID A. BRISLTN, of St. Louis, Missouri, have made a new and. useful Improvement in Faucets, of which the following is a full, clear, and efvact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this s )ecification, in 'whi.eh-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved faucet; Fig. 2, avertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, the plug being turned around from the position of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a horizontal section on the line 3 4: of Fig. 1; Fig. 41-,a similar section on the line 3 4, Fig. 1, but showing the plug and key turned around; Fig. 5, a view in PGFSPCCtlXG of the key used in operating the faucet; and Figs. 6 and 7, respectively, views in perspective of the upper end of the plug and of the upper end of the eas- 111g.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

This present invent-ion, while useful. elsewhere, is designed more especially for portable oil-tanks such as are employedin retail delivery. Tanks of this kind, during the drivers absence, are frequently depredated upon by persons who, by turning the plug, can open the faucet and extract the oil. The driver, too, Sometimes omits to properly close the fanect, and a leakage, in consequence, occurs. To provide a faucet which cannot be tampered with, and which is so constructed that the handle or key used in operating the fancet cannot be removed from the faucet-plug until the faucet entirely closed, is the object of this improvement, which consists,

mainly, in the mode and means for operating the plu A represents the improved faucet, which, aside from its improved features, is of the usual construction.

Zr crosses, is not any deeper than the groove b and there is no projection or shoulder in the groove 7), against which a tool can be pressed for the purpose of rotatingthe plug, and it will be seen that thegroove 1) extends across the plug. The casing O is made to in close the plug, saving opposite the grooves b b that is, when the plug is turned to close the faucet, as in Fig. 1, the opening 0 c c in the casing coincides with the grooves b 72 and, saving through the opening 0 c 0, there is no access to the plug.

D represents the handle or key for turning the plug. It is provided with a closspiece, (Z, which fits the vertical groove 6 in the plug, and the neck cl of the handle fits or is narrow enough to enter the opening 0 in the casing. By inserting the key so as to bring the part (I inthe groove 1) and within the casing O, the

plug can be turned to open the faucet, during which movement the key moves through the opening 0 in the casing, as indicated by the positions shown in Figs. 3 and 4, respectively. Thus it is seen that a peculiarly-shaped key, and one not likely to be readily obtained, is required for opening the faucet. The key is now, by reason of the shape of the part (1, locked in the faucet, and it cannot be disen gaged therefrom until the plug and key are turned to the position of Fig. 1; but this closes the faucet, and no leakage can now occur. The driver therefore cannot remove the key until it is safe to do so.

To preventaccess to the lower end of the plug, which, as faucets have hitherto been.

made, projects below the plug casing, the lower end of the plug is made to be inclosed by a cap, E. The cap is attached to the plug by means of the screw 0. The cap, while upheld by the screw, is loose thereupon, so that the plug can be rotated without turning the cap, and so that the cap can be rotated without turning the plug.

By operating the plug fromthe side in y stead of from the top of the faucet, the top of the casing can be closed to exclude dirt and ice, which are apt to collect in a recess in the top of the faucet. I i

I claim 1. The combination of the plug B, having the groovesb 0 with the casing 0, having the opening 0 c 0, and the key D, having the I turning the plug, said recess in the plug 00- eross-piece 61, substantially as described. inciding with a corresponding recess in the IO 2. The combination, in a faucet, A, of the plug-casing only when the faucet is closed. plugB, having the rooves b b, and the casy 5 ing' 0, havingfthe op ening ccc, substantially DAVID BRTSLI'N' as described. \Vitnesses:

3. A faucet the plug of which is recessed O. D. MOODY, to receive a handle or key for the purpose of v Tn'os. L. J ONES. 

